Somatic Expression with Jamie McHugh

“The five languages are simple and pleasurable tools for counteracting the stresses and strains of living in modern times."

Somatic Expression: Bringing YOUR Body TO LIFE

Courses:

6 Mondays: October 4 - November 8, 2010
5:30 - 7pm, Annapolis, CA
$95

To register, send a check to: Jamie McHugh, PO Box 249, Sea Ranch, CA 95497

Somatic Expression - letting the soma (body) express itself - is a creative approach to physical practice and mind - body integration. Based on learning what nature has already given us as human bodies, this method is a way for you to explore and master your own body from the inside out with the five elements:

Movement
Breath
Vocalization
Contact
Stillness

Part dance, part exercise, part meditation, this approach uses a structured, yet playful process. There is no “right" way to move your body in this approach; anatomical principles and conceptual pathways are departure points for stimulating your own natural intelligence and body wisdom. This process encourages participation at all levels, supporting creativity, self-acceptance, pleasure and freedom.

No experience necessary; this class is suitable for people of all levels.

Somatic Expression is a synthesis of somatic education and the expressive arts developed by Jamie McHugh. It has been used in a variety of settings with people worldwide. Various teachers have inspired the development of Somatic Expression, including Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (Body-Mind Centering), Emilie Conrad (Continuum), and Anna Halprin (Life/Art Dance).

Somatic expression workshop.